The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-04-23
News of the Week.

VIOLATION OF law.
David X. Cartier, Chief Justice of the Su
preme Court of the District of Columbia, dice
at his residence, IN washington on saturday
night, In the fotn year Oh MS age.
The fatal accident at Buena Vista, Colorado
on last Friday evening, was the result of /;
premature blast, on railroad cutting. Sia
men were killed and seven others injured, bu
none fatally.
Timber Agent Conner, of Florida, reports
to the General Land Office that lumber firm
in that State has caused to be cut and remoy-
ed from Government lands in one locality
100000 feet Of timber, valued at $50, 1000.
Mayor Roche, of Chicago, was installed on
Monday night In his inaugural address he
said the demand OF the working men for just
treatment ana iair wages should be respected,
but this Is not the SOIL for the growth Of
Socialistlc doctrines.
A cellar in indianapolis was raided on
Monday and forty boys, whose ages ranged
from II to 20 years, were found playing poker,
rs and SO cents limit. The boys were nearly
all of respectable families. The entrance to
the cellar was through saloon.
In the II. 8. Conrt Mt ST. T,ou;s on Monde,
Patrick J. Epan. the Deputy Recorder .,
Votes, who was convicted of committine
election frauds by falsely registering the
names of voters last November, was sentenc-
ed to two years in the penitentiary.
The house of a man named Bowles. in
Smyth county, Virginia. was burned on Sun.
day night. Two Of his daughters. aged re.
spectively 10 and 81 years, were burned to
death, and three other persons were so badly
injured that they are not expected to recover.
Tn ST Louis on Monday Freder;ck II
Leoerdeber. a nrom;nent LAWYER and Renuhl;.
can candidate for Congress last fall was in.
dicted by the United States Grand jury for
completely in pension frauds. He was arrest.
ed by United States Marshal and held in
$500 bail.
Mrs. B, s. Smoot. eight weeks married
committed suicide, in Topeka, Kansas. on
Saturday, by taking 'sRough on Rats, She
was II years old, her husband SO. She had
in her pocket at the time of her death the pho.
tograph OF young man to whom she was at
one Tune engaged
Three hundred drunken railroad laborers
got up riot at Laplat, Missouri, on Monday
night, releasing two of their number who had
been locked up in the station, and then, d.
viding into two crowds, INDUCED in general
fight, in which several of the combatants were
dangerously wounded.
The business portion of the town of Oman :
cock, Accomac county, Va, was destroyed by
fire last week. Twenty-three buildings were
burned, causing loss of fully $4,000, with
an insurance of about $4,000. Onancock is
one OF the most tiourishing towns on the
Eastern Shore OF Virginia.
The Legislature of West Virginia met in
extra session in Charleston on Wednesday to
pass appropriation bills. 1t is said that a
y. D. Senator VIII also be elected, and that
Congressman wilson, OF the Second District,
is likely to be the chosen one and not Lucas,
the Governors appointee.
Eugene Conner, one of the employees of
Hanan & Son. manufacturing shoemakers, of
New York, who returned to work after strik-
ing, committed suicide on Monday morning
by cutting his throat He and his wife had
been repeatedly threatened by ''Knights, -
and he was driven to frenzy.
A fork of wild geese Ayino over Waterbury.
Conn. recently saw one Of the kites which
the waterbury bovs were Hv;ng This nart;c.
ular kite was up very high, and the reese oh.
iected to it. They circled about it two or
three times, and, then, four of their number.
seemingly delegated for the purpose, attacked
the kite and tore il into sbreds. and then went
on their way.
oil tbe trodas nn;ons in g. on;s ;noIn aHu,
the knights of Labor, was held in Turner
Hall on Sunday afternoon. Arrangements
were comnleted for GRAND parade of Working
mon On Nav Let in commemorat;on of the
establishment of eight hours as a davis labor
a resolution was adonted that none bnt The
cess;on
No mn e., :,
me worst snow se1rli " Ine year preValleu
on Monuay az Loc ae maven, Fehha.. snow
storm occurred there in April, 1854. Snow
fell at Wilkesbarre the same day to the depth
of one foot on a level. Nothing like It for a
spring storm has been seen in the Wyoming
Valley since April 81, 1857, when snow fell to
the depth Of over two feet Snow fell in
Westchester county, New York, and sleighs
were running.
A terrible storm passed over the country
around Charleston, West Virginia, on Monday.
Little damage was done at Charleston, but
fences, timber and small houses were evelled
in the country districts south of that city.
At Kanawha Falls large trees were blown
across the railroad track. A telegram was re-
ceived by the Mayor of Columbus Monday
night from the Mayor or Martins Ferry saying
the latter town was demolished by cyclone
in the morning.
The President on Saturday appointed Alex
ander R. Lawton, of Georgia, to be Minister
to Austria; Norman w, Mcdonnell, of Ten.
nessee. to be Chief Justice of Montana Terri.
tory, and George S. Peters, of Ohio, to be
II. 8. Attorney for Utah. General I.awton
was some time ago appointed by President
Cleveland to be Minister to Russia, but his
disability as an ex Confederate officer leaving
a doubt Us to his eligibility he resigned.
Since then his disability has been removed.
Will v;aw;n, tbo wrsol of a f-a;rb. train
~ .ha I ch;naao ond Nnrthwastarn Ra;lraad
on .Is sT me- En- $50
neal , a1. g. III ~ pa persona
were hI,ieu. W tne oSistlns u in.ge "d.ei
!ak. ~ 10 supposeu :na' ~, tne o colsi9u nay
JarIeu the 'anA, cousain'"s iou,oVo salons Vi
W W anu iooseneu III craSheu d t eln nIops
:" men lhe s'lec.uIe coiiiPseu anu leil ~ JUN,
water Two bovs and fonr men were k;lIed
OUTRIGHT. two other men were fatally and a
NJ bar donoaronslv ;n;nred
''-e ~.
Alexander Mitcneli' freslden5 o, tne onl
cage, Miiwaukee ana %. iaal nailroaa, anu
Nrepuieu 70 pe she wealInies' el.lzeH VI tne
~ Mort1west: uieu suuugniy III view iors On
iuesuay a.oernoon. ne was hative Vi 1oG ~
ianG ana ~ years OF age ne was inemo oep
OF congress from 1911 10 1910, ana IN 1913
declined the Democratic nomination Tor uoy-
ernor OF Wisconsin; Mr. MitchelIs estate